CLAYTON -- New Jersey tourists and residents can now easily find some of the state’s most interesting agriculture and farm products throughout Gloucester County.

The book, “From Our Farms Guide to Gloucester County Farm Products and Services” details a variety of farm businesses and other agricultural information from around the Gloucester County area.

Everything from wineries to garden centers to Christmas tree growers are outlined in the new guide which is available online and through the Gloucester County Board of Agriculture’s main office in Clayton. The guide includes an interactive map with links and addresses of farming and agricultural businesses throughout the area.

Developed by the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension, Gloucester County, the guide looks to help generate some new interest for the Gloucester County Board of Agriculture’s 1,650 members which was emphasized by the board’s president, Mike Visalli.

“We also recognized that we needed to work harder on educating the public about agriculture by encouraging them to visit farms and agricultural businesses. Only a small percentage of our population was raised on a farm or has family members with farm origins,” he said.

Michelle Casella, one of the guide’s creators described the guide as something necessary to detail the opportunities available to both New Jersey residents and visitors to tour the area’s agricultural centers and businesses. The response has been positive from the area’s farmers and farm businesses.

“We need to preserve the farmers,” said Casella. “We wanted to detail more about Gloucester County products.”

According to Casella, as New Jersey taxpayers “put in a lot of tax dollars” towards the economic development of agriculture in New Jersey, the book looks to create an easy to use map and guide to generate some new business for the various farming centers and markets in the area.

Gloucester County had been been lacking a dedicated online presence for people interested in the area’s agriculture. According to Casella, the board had a new website — www.gcbaonline.net — created last year and was looking for a way to better differentiate themselves from the rest of the state’s agricultural centers.